Comparative study of psychosomatic health and quality of life among rural and urban one-child died persons
Abstract：Objective To understand the psychosomatic health and quality of life in rural and urban one-child died persons.Methods A total of 841 one-child died persons who met the criteria in three districts of the main city of Chongqing were randomly selected and divided into urban group(n=377) and rural group(n=464). A general questionnaire, 90 Symptom Check List(SCL-90), Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS), Social Support Rating Scale(SSRS) and World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF(WHOQOL-BREF) were used to assess the physical and mental health and the quality of life. At the same time, all scales results were compared with control group of 674 non-lost cases.Results There were statistical differences among the urban one-child died group, the rural one-child died group and control group in the total score and element scores of SCL-90, SDS, SSRS and WHOQOL-BREF(P<0.01). Logistic regression showed that SCL-90 was the risk factor of depression, and social support was the protective factor of depression.Conclusions The physical and mental health of the one-child died persons are poor, and the quality of life declined, especially in the rural group. It is necessary to increase efforts to help rural one-child died persons and improve medical and aged security services.
Keywords：Physical and mental healthQuality of lifeOne-child diedRuralUrban
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 769-772 )